Transaction in Own Shares

 

FirstGroup plc

Transaction in own shares

FirstGroup plc ("FirstGroup") announces that, in accordance with the terms of its share buyback programme (the "Programme") announced on 8 June 2023, it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 5 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”) through RBC Europe Limited.

 

Date of Purchase

19 March 2024

Number of ordinary shares purchased

126,064

Weighted average price paid (p)

177.10

Highest price paid (p)

178.40

Lowest price paid (p)

174.30

 

Following the above purchase, FirstGroup holds 110,062,254 Ordinary Shares in treasury. The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue excluding shares held as treasury shares is 640,632,761. FirstGroup initially intends to hold the purchased shares as treasury shares but may cancel them in the due course.

 

The total number of voting rights in FirstGroup, excluding treasury shares as at 19 March 2024 is 640,632,761. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, FirstGroup under the FCA’s Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

Contacts at FirstGroup:


Marianna Bowes, Head of Investor Relations
David Blizzard, Company Secretary
corporate.comms@firstgroup.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7725 3354

Contacts at Brunswick PR:


Andrew Porter / Simone Selzer
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7404 5959

Contacts at Liberum Capital Limited:


Nicholas How / John Fishley
Tel: +44 (0) 20 3100 2000 

Contacts at RBC Europe Limited:


James Agnew / Jack Wood
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7653 4000

 

Transaction details

Issuer name: FirstGroup PLC

LEI: 549300DEJZCPWA4HKM93

ISIN: GB0003452173

Classification: 2.4. Acquisition or disposal of the issuer's own shares

Intermediary name: RBC Europe Limited

Intermediary Code: ROYCGB22

Timezone: GMT

Currency: GBp

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), a breakdown of the individual trades made by RBC Europe Limited on behalf of FirstGroup as part of the Programme is detailed below:

 

 

Aggregate information: 

Venue

Weighted average price (pence per share)

Aggregated volume

XLON

177.50

3,678

CHIX

177.11

122,386

 

Individual transactions:

Transaction Time

Volume

Price (GBp)

Platform

08:00:36

1839

174.30

CHIX

08:12:47

1839

175.00

CHIX

08:15:57

1581

175.00

CHIX

08:15:57

258

175.00

CHIX

08:16:03

1280

174.70

CHIX

08:40:13

3

176.00

CHIX

08:44:14

400

176.00

CHIX

08:44:14

1436

176.00

CHIX

08:48:34

527

175.90

CHIX

08:48:34

641

175.90

CHIX

08:48:34

400

175.90

CHIX

08:48:34

271

175.90

CHIX

09:00:17

11

175.80

CHIX

09:00:17

400

175.80

CHIX

09:00:17

400

175.80

CHIX

09:00:17

1028

175.80

CHIX

09:09:59

1766

176.00

CHIX

09:09:59

73

176.00

CHIX

09:16:27

1063

175.70

CHIX

09:16:27

776

175.70

CHIX

09:16:58

727

175.80

CHIX

09:16:58

1112

175.80

CHIX

09:19:06

907

175.50

CHIX

09:19:06

932

175.50

CHIX

09:22:01

1175

175.80

CHIX

09:22:01

664

175.80

CHIX

09:50:09

527

176.40

CHIX

09:50:09

1312

176.40

CHIX

09:51:09

469

176.40

CHIX

09:51:09

1370

176.40

CHIX

10:00:36

315

176.60

CHIX

10:00:36

400

176.60

CHIX

10:00:36

1124

176.60

CHIX

10:05:03

1839

176.30

CHIX

10:18:02

1839

176.00

CHIX

11:03:48

1173

176.60

CHIX

11:03:48

397

176.60

CHIX

11:03:48

269

176.60

CHIX

11:05:15

1531

176.20

CHIX

11:05:15

308

176.20

CHIX

11:38:31

524

176.40

CHIX

11:38:31

680

176.40

CHIX

11:38:31

495

176.40

CHIX

11:38:31

140

176.40

CHIX

11:39:35

1839

176.20

CHIX

11:50:13

1839

177.00

CHIX

12:02:08

206

176.90

CHIX

12:02:08

1633

176.90

CHIX

12:04:00

170

176.90

CHIX

12:04:00

333

176.90

CHIX

12:04:00

1336

176.90

CHIX

12:06:12

1414

177.40

CHIX

12:06:12

425

177.40

CHIX

12:06:50

127

177.30

CHIX

12:06:50

220

177.30

CHIX

12:08:47

745

177.30

CHIX

12:08:47

747

177.30

CHIX

12:09:26

1839

177.00

CHIX

12:13:01

1200

176.80

CHIX

12:13:01

639

176.80

CHIX

12:21:58

1839

176.90

CHIX

12:27:44

546

176.80

CHIX

12:27:44

1293

176.80

CHIX

12:51:53

1839

177.00

CHIX

12:54:31

974

177.00

CHIX

12:54:34

64

177.00

CHIX

12:56:14

801

177.00

CHIX

13:22:43

1839

177.50

CHIX

13:22:55

1839

177.50

CHIX

13:27:50

253

177.50

CHIX

13:27:50

651

177.50

CHIX

13:27:50

389

177.50

CHIX

13:27:55

393

177.50

CHIX

13:27:55

153

177.50

CHIX

13:35:27

444

177.60

CHIX

13:35:53

296

177.60

CHIX

13:36:35

910

177.60

CHIX

13:37:38

189

177.60

CHIX

13:38:41

363

177.50

CHIX

13:40:47

377

177.80

CHIX

13:40:47

1462

177.80

CHIX

13:42:01

219

177.70

CHIX

13:42:01

1620

177.70

CHIX

13:42:11

236

177.60

CHIX

13:42:53

497

177.60

CHIX

13:43:21

329

177.60

CHIX

13:43:56

417

177.60

CHIX

13:44:38

327

177.60

CHIX

13:46:50

33

177.60

CHIX

13:48:45

646

177.60

CHIX

13:48:45

1193

177.60

CHIX

13:49:30

1000

177.50

XLON

13:49:30

839

177.50

XLON

13:55:24

420

177.50

CHIX

13:55:24

1200

177.50

CHIX

13:55:24

219

177.50

CHIX

13:55:38

1839

177.50

XLON

14:13:27

540

177.60

CHIX

14:14:29

46

177.70

CHIX

14:15:21

332

177.70

CHIX

14:15:59

739

177.70

CHIX

14:16:37

331

177.70

CHIX

14:17:15

391

177.70

CHIX

14:20:25

288

177.70

CHIX

14:20:44

291

177.70

CHIX

14:21:03

296

177.70

CHIX

14:21:24

288

177.70

CHIX

14:22:38

294

177.70

CHIX

14:22:57

287

177.70

CHIX

14:27:39

1839

178.30

CHIX

14:27:59

341

178.30

CHIX

14:27:59

1498

178.30

CHIX

14:34:09

941

178.40

CHIX

14:34:09

898

178.40

CHIX

14:34:45

357

178.30

CHIX

14:35:11

290

178.30

CHIX

14:35:37

304

178.30

CHIX

14:36:03

308

178.30

CHIX

14:36:29

306

178.30

CHIX

14:39:00

274

178.30

CHIX

14:43:25

142

178.10

CHIX

14:43:51

614

178.10

CHIX

14:44:13

377

178.10

CHIX

14:44:13

390

178.10

CHIX

14:44:13

316

178.10

CHIX

14:46:27

326

178.20

CHIX

14:46:53

399

178.20

CHIX

14:47:19

376

178.20

CHIX

14:47:45

397

178.20

CHIX

14:49:29

341

178.20

CHIX

14:50:21

56

178.20

CHIX

14:50:47

516

178.20

CHIX

14:51:26

313

178.20

CHIX

14:51:52

604

178.20

CHIX

14:52:18

204

178.20

CHIX

14:52:43

146

178.20

CHIX

14:53:10

557

178.20

CHIX

14:53:36

512

178.20

CHIX

14:54:02

545

178.20

CHIX

14:54:28

225

178.20

CHIX

14:54:54

183

178.20

CHIX

14:58:15

1326

178.30

CHIX

14:59:32

69

178.30

CHIX

15:01:11

414

178.30

CHIX

15:01:11

30

178.30

CHIX

15:01:44

1255

178.20

CHIX

15:02:28

356

178.20

CHIX

15:02:46

228

178.20

CHIX

15:02:47

326

178.10

CHIX

15:03:12

347

178.10

CHIX

15:03:34

494

178.10

CHIX

15:04:07

342

178.10

CHIX

15:04:40

330

178.10

CHIX

15:05:13

530

178.10

CHIX

15:05:35

482

178.10

CHIX

15:05:57

493

178.10

CHIX

15:06:03

288

178.10

CHIX

15:07:39

46

178.10

CHIX

15:07:40

462

178.10

CHIX

15:07:58

404

178.10

CHIX

15:08:20

49

178.10

CHIX

15:08:42

464

178.10

CHIX

15:08:42

324

178.10

CHIX

15:09:04

136

178.10

CHIX

15:19:20

346

178.20

CHIX

15:19:20

1493

178.20

CHIX

15:20:28

1839

178.10

CHIX

15:21:10

332

177.90

CHIX

15:21:32

337

177.90

CHIX

15:21:32

1170

177.90

CHIX

15:23:44

54

177.80

CHIX

15:24:06

332

177.80

CHIX

15:24:28

339

177.80

CHIX

15:24:50

337

177.80

CHIX

15:25:12

345

177.80

CHIX

15:25:34

351

177.80

CHIX

15:25:56

81

177.80

CHIX

15:29:14

238

177.80

CHIX

15:29:36

358

177.80

CHIX

15:29:58

342

177.80

CHIX

15:30:08

901

177.80

CHIX

15:32:31

1839

178.00

CHIX

15:33:49

101

177.90

CHIX

15:34:07

351

177.90

CHIX

15:34:25

12

177.90

CHIX

15:34:43

350

177.90

CHIX

15:35:01

334

177.90

CHIX

15:35:23

691

177.90

CHIX

15:36:55

164

177.80

CHIX

15:37:19

332

177.80

CHIX

15:37:43

323

177.80

CHIX

15:38:07

226

177.80

CHIX

15:38:31

319

177.80

CHIX

15:39:01

299

177.80

CHIX

15:39:33

176

177.80

CHIX

15:50:23

1600

177.00

CHIX

16:20:49

819

177.40

CHIX

16:21:22

1839

177.70

CHIX

 



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